Lashkar Gah

Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah in danger of falling to Taliban; thousands flee homes, govt reinforcements arrive after delays

The situation in the city is a more acute version of what is happening in cities across the country after the Taliban seized around half of Afghanistan’s 400-odd districts

At least three rockets hit Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan overnight; all flights cancelled

The Taliban have for weeks launched withering assaults on the outskirts of Kandahar, stirring fears that the insurgents were on the verge of capturing the provincial capital

Bomb kills Afghan election candidate, wounds seven ahead of 20 October parliamentary ballot; Taliban claims responsibility

The Taliban quickly claimed responsibility for the attack, which takes the number of candidates killed so far during the campaign season to at least 10. Jabar Qahraman had been meeting with supporters in his campaign office in the southern province of Helmand — a Taliban stronghold — when the attack happened, provincial governor spokesman Omar Zhwak told AFP.

Afghanistan: 11 policemen killed by Taliban on checkpoints in Helmand province, say officials

An Afghan official says Taliban insurgents have attacked checkpoints in the southern Helmand province, killing 11 police.

Taliban suicide bomber kills 5 in Afghanistan a day after Donald Trump's decision to send more troops

A Taliban suicide bomber killed five civilians and wounded 25 others in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, an official said.

Afghanistan forces drive Taliban from Naway; 50 militants killed in Helmand province's key district

An Afghan official says the country's security forces have driven the Taliban out of a key district in southern Helmand province from where they had been threatening the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah.

Afghanistan suffers deadliest Ramadan since 2001 with 200 casualties and hundreds wounded

Afghanistan has suffered its deadliest Ramadan since the US-led invasion in 2001 with over 200 killed and hundreds wounded

Afghanistan blast: 34 dead in suicide car bombing outside Kabul bank, Taliban claims responsibility

At least 34 people were killed Thursday when a Taliban car bomb struck a bank in Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah city as people were queueing to withdraw salaries.

Afghanistan bombings: Death toll rises to 50 in blasts across three cities

Bombings across three Afghan cities including Kabul killed around 50 people on Tuesday, in a day of carnage that shattered a relative lull in violence as Taliban insurgents escalate a deadly winter campaign.

Taliban threaten to overrun another Afghan city, third provincial capital in recent weeks

On Wednesday the Taliban toppled security outposts on the edge of the southern Afghan city of Tarin Kot, officials said, threatening the third provincial capital in recent weeks.